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Quote by Geoffrey Sampson

“To my mind by far the greatest danger in scholarship...is not that the individual may fail to master the thought of a school but that a school may succeed in mastering the thought of the individual.”

Quote by Geoffrey Sampson

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Geoffrey Sampson
Geoffrey Sampson

Geoffrey Sampson is a renowned figure in an unknown field, born in 1944. His life experiences and contributions are not well-documented, but his impact and evaluation in the field are highly regarded. more

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